Furnace-hood.



J. G. TREMOULET.

FURNACE HOOD.

APPLICATION FILED 111111.21, 1911.

1,01 1,675. Patented Dec. 12,1911.

ATTORNEYS COLUMBIA PLAN 00000000000000000000 000 c.

JOSEPH CHARLES TREMOULET, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

FURNACE-HOOD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 21, 1911.

Patented Dec. 12, 1911.

Serial No. 615,910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrn CHARLES TREMOULET, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans andState of Louisiana, have invented a new and Improved Furnace-Hood, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention comprises a furnace hood adapted for use in the ordinarycharcoal burning furnace and the object of the invention is to providean improved and simplified structure, at a low cost, which will beeflicient in its use.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which like characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is aperspective of a small. furnace fitted with my improved hood; Fig. 2 isa vertical sectional View thereof; Fig. 3 is a top plan View showing theswinging plate moved to one side; Fig. 4 is a sectional view through thefurnace on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

The furnace to which I have shown my device attached is made up of theusual side wall 1 which is preferably circular in outline, having theopening 2 in one side thereof and the sliding door 3 carried in guides 4and 5; the interior of the furnace is provided with the usual shelf 6having a plurality of apertures 7, the charcoal resting on this shelf.

My hood comprises a main body member 8, preferably of sheet metal offrusto-conical formation, the lower end portions of the hood being bentat 9 whereby the inwardly turned portions 10 result, these inwardly bentportions being suitably engaged with a secondary frame member 11 havingout-turned ends 12 adapted to rest on the top of the furnace and holdthe hood in proper position.

The side walls of the main body member and the converging portions ofeach of'the flat parts of the hood are outwardly turned, as at 15, inorder to form the rests 16 for the swinging plate 18 which is pivotallyattached at 19 to one of the rests.

The outwardly turned portions 12 of the secondary member 11 not onlyserve as a support for the hood by engaging the upper portions of thefurnace but also afford a convenient support for one end portion of afiat-iron 20 which may be conveniently placed on the hood between the.portions 13 and 14 thereof.

By bending outwardly the upper end portion 16, of the hood, adjacent theopening, a very firm and stable support is afforded for the swingingplate 18 which serves as a rest for any vessel 21 which it may bedesired to heat while using the flat-irons. This swinging plate ispivotally supported at 19 and may be swung to the position shown in Fig.3, thereby affording access to the interior of the furnace when it isdesired to poke the charcoal in order to remove the ashes therefrom, aswell as serving as a convenient means for regulating a draft of thefurnace.

The different parts of my device may be conveniently stamped up fromsheet metal, each of the three parts being made from a single sheetthereof and bent to shape,

whereby it follows that furnace hoods embodying my invention may beplaced on the market at a low cost of production.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent A furnace hood comprising a main body portion, asecondary body portion, the main body portion having an inwardly turnedlower end in engagement with the secondary body portion, the saidsecondary body portion adapted to engage the upper end of the interiorwall of a furnace; the upper end of the said secondary member beingoutwardly turned whereby a support for engagement with the furnace isformed, the said outwardly turned port-ion also serving as a support forflat-irons, the upper end of the said main body member being providedwith an opening, the portions of the body member adjacent the openingbeing bent outwardly whereby a plurality of In testimony whereof I havesigned my supports are formed and a swinging plate name to thisspecification in the presence of pivotally attached to one of thesupports two subscribing Witnesses.

adapted to be moved relatively to the open- JOSEPH CHARLES TREMOULET,

ing whereby it may be opened or closed, and \Vitnesses:

adapted to support a vessel when in either J. lVA'rFINELL, position.ELIZABETH BRODERICK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

